| Description |
xvii, 280 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Joe R. Feagin -- Part I. The crisis in rental housing: -- 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Economic, social, and political dimensions of the rental housing crisis -- Part II. The structure of rental housing markets: -- 3. The "frictionless" market: conventional explanations of the determinants of rent -- 4. The federal government and national housing policy -- 5. The failure of market allocation : causes of high housing costs -- 6. Local supply restraints and housing costs -- Part III. The future of national housing policy: -- 7. Rent control and the tenants' movement -- 8. European housing in the postwar period : some lessons for U.S. policy -- 9. Some proposals for U.S. housing policy -- Part IV. Conclusions: -- 10. The institutional structure of rental housing markets. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 241-268. |
| Subject |
Rental housing -- Government policy -- United States.
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Housing policy -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Appelbaum, Richard P.
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| ISBN |
0877224986 alkaline paper |
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